TO MAKE. English law. To perform or execute; as to make his law, is to
perform that law which a man had bound himself to do; that is, to clear
himself of an action commenced against him, by his oath, and the oaths of
his neighbors. Old Nat. Br. 161. To make default, is to fail to appear in
proper time. To make oath, is to swear according to the form prescribed by
law.

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